U.S. Lags OECD Peers in Key Broadband Indicators
06.16.10
New OECD data shows the U.S. continues to trail many of its industrialized peers in most indicators of broadband penetration, coverage and service. Read More »
Broadband Data Archives
Pew: Internet Video Viewership Reaches Record Levels
06.11.10
A poll of American online viewership habits from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that seven in ten Internet users have watched or downloaded online video. Read More »
Affordable Rural Broadband is Necessary to Extend Digital Healthcare Access
06.08.10
The New York Times recently profiled NuPhysicia, a start-up company that instantly connects doctors and patients around the world via face-to-face telemedicine, or e-care. Read More »
NTIA Announces Second Round of State Broadband Grants
06.08.10
The NTIA has invited states to apply for the second round of State Broadband Data and Development grants. Read More »
Congress Urges Limits as FCC Ramp Up Comcast-NBC Deal Review
06.04.10
Sen. Herb Kohl, (D-WI) Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, told the Department of Justice and the FCC to enforce eleven conditions on Comcast's pending merger with NBC Universal, citing the merger's potential to increase prices and limit content diversity across several media platforms. Read More »
80 percent of Americans Don’t Know their Broadband Connection Speed
06.02.10
An FCC survey released on June 1, 2010 found that four out of five broadband users don't know the speed of their Internet connection. Read More »
Black, Hispanic Congressional Caucuses Question Comcast-NBC merger
05.14.10
Forty-Six members of Congress — including many from the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses — recently called on the FCC to hold public hearings on Comcast's bid to purchase NBC Universal. Read More »
FCC opts to re-regulate broadband
05.07.10
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on May 6 announced support for reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access service as a Title II telecommunications service. Read More »
House Subcommittee Chair worries more Americans lack broadband than previously thought
04.29.10
During its first hearing on the National Broadband Plan, U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet Chairman Rick Boucher expressed concern over one of the findings of the FCC's plan, arguing that more Americans than currently thought lack broadband service. Read More »
FCC begins implementing Internet security provisions
04.29.10
The FCC has begun implementing the cyber security provisions proposed in the National Broadband Plan, opening the comments period on a cyber security certification program and testing the strength of existing broadband infrastructure. Read More »
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